The 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 2e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) or 2e RCP, is one of the most decorated French units of the Second World War, the only land unit awarded the red fourragère in that war, including six citations at the orders of the armed forces.

[1] The French Navy 1500-ton class submarine Casabianca also accumulated six citations at the orders of the armed forces and therefore its crewmen were entitled to wear the same fourragère.

[4] The battalion joined the Free French Air Forces, which was entrusted to Commandant Pierre Fourcaud.

During the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, four SAS (36 men) respectively under the orders of Lieutenants Marienne, Henri Deplante, Botella and Deschamps took off in two four-engined Short Stirlings of the Royal Air Force with the destination of Brittany.

A large Georgian contingent encircled the team and during the skirmish which followed, corporal Emile Bouétard was wounded and killed.

Often, they mounted brutal attacks and fell back, going to ground camouflaged and blending into the forest the better to intervene at a more favourable opportunity.

The arrival on August 3 of the armoured brigades of General George S. Patton reached Rennes, brought this to a halt.

All British parachutists wore an amaranth, or red, beret at the initiative of their leader, General Boy Browning.

The 2e RCP marched in Paris on 11 November with this headgear bearing the cap badge (beret insignia) of the SAS.